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Kerry farewell tour starts in Vietnam in final Asia push
Parvez Jabri
13 Jan, 2017
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Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2017
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![](https://i.brecorder.com/images/2017/01/john-kerry3.jpg">HANOI: US Secretary of State John Kerry began his farewell tour in Vietnam Friday, giving a final push for Washington's so-called Asia pivot before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next week.</P><P>Vietnam has been at the centre of outgoing President Barack Obama's Asia embrace, marked by the lifting of a wartime-era arms embargo, major growth in trade and the signing of the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact.</P><P>Trump, whose tirades against the costs of globalisation to American workers helped propel him to office, has vowed to scrap the TPP on his first day in charge.</P><P>But analysts say ties are unlikely to crumble despite uncertainty over the incoming leader's Asia strategy.</P><P>Kerry's visit to Vietnam, his fourth trip to the communist country as America's top diplomat, is both political and deeply personal.</P><P>The former naval officer won a Silver Star for his service during the Vietnam War after beaching his patrol boat and storming ashore to shoot dead a Viet Cong ambusher in Ca Mau province in 1969.</P><P>Kerry later came to see the war as a mistake and after his return from combat campaigned for peace.</P><P>)
